All. I don’t recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I’ve lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance. Sixty lives plus one more. Mine. When the last drop of blood falls — mine will be spilled. Only one person stands in the way. She doesn’t realize I’ll kill her too. I don’t own a heart. And even if I did — I wouldn’t fall prey to its lies again. I am Chase Abandonato. Heir to a legacy of betrayal. And I will kill them all. Even if it means pointing the gun at myself. A life for a life. A soul for a soul.

Now I lay me down to sleep… I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Blood in. No out.

BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD.It covered my hands.It surged through my heart.It dripped from my fingertips onto the concrete floor.Trapped.Broken.Finished.Hungry.Insanity scratched its way into my psyche as I eyed the door and waited. One heartbeat, two heartbeats, three…It opened.I fired two rounds, and acrid smoke filled the air.I thought I knew what love was. I was a fucking idiot. Every single bone in my body shuddered with rage, with the need to rip something apart, someone, anyone —all of them. My friends. My brothers. I brought the war to our house, and they would finish me because of it.I’d thought I loved her.Our love had been a lie.Her betrayal my only truth.And now?Now, I finally knew what love was. I’d seen it, smelled it, tasted it.And lost it.I’d fucking lost it.They would pay. They would all pay.For taking her.For turning her against me.For making me believe that blood was everything, only after mine was spilled.

My Review

This is a hard review to write and do this book justice. Chase Winters Abandonato has been destroyed. The guy who was the jokester of the mafia, more optimistic than most, and the life of the party is just gone. The events we read in Enrage changed him. He now has no reason to live except to destroy the DeLanges. He wants to murder each and every one of them and he want stop until he does. It is a death sentence that he has no issue with.

This is by far Rachel’s best book of the series and if you know me, check out my Elude review. That book absolutely gutted me. One of the ugliest cries I have ever had while reading. But Eulogy is the darkest and grittiest Rachel has gone with this series. You feel everything that Chase feels as the story unfolds. You are sitting in the depths of hell with him as he tries to find his way. And the horrible part is you are left with quite a bit of uncertainty if he will survive. Rachel is known to torture us by killing beloved characters and I actually was worried.

Chase’s possible savior comes in the form of the mafia’s new lawyer: Lucianna Smith. God bless this girl. She has no idea what she is getting into as she has no reference point for the mafia only movies and tv shows. When she meets Chase, he is at his lowest. He doesn’t hold back and exposes her to his darkest side. However, Chase can’t stay away from her light. She is just a genuinely good person who has worked so hard to get where she is in life. She is selfless and wants to help no matter the cost.

There is nowhere Rachel doesn’t go in Eulogy. There were so many intense scenes that played out on the pages. I found myself holding my breath…almost afraid to turn the page. The plot twist at 86% was a “Are you kidding me moment!” I totally didn’t see it coming….like at all. Those are the best kind, right?! Plus the white horse moment was a killer! The whole last 1/4 of the book was crazy!!!

Eulogy was unpredictable, dark, alluring and absolutely heartbreaking to read. Some may say you can just pick this up and read it but I argue you need to read the whole series. You won’t regret it. You will enjoy every minute of it. I wait patiently for each new installment because they only get better each and every time. Blood In…No Out.

Meet the Author:

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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I was born and raised in Hickory, North Carolina. I graduated from high school and headed to Chapel Hill to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Go Heels! After four glorious years, I moved up to Washington, DC to attend law school at Catholic University where I met my husband John.

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